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Mother of man shot to death at Kroger files suit

Jeremi Atkinson was fatally shot in December by a Kroger manager during what prosecutors determined was an attempted robbery. A federal lawsuit filed by Toni Atkinson claims the supermarket chain was negligent for not enforcing a firearms policy.

Bar owners challenging smoking ban seek injunction

The 10 Indianapolis business owners want a federal judge to prevent the city of Indianapolis from enforcing new public smoking restrictions until a ruling is made on their lawsuit. Their original complaint claims the ordinance violates parts of the U.S. Constitution.

Lilly Endowment gift aimed at Walker Theatre renovation

Lilly Endowment’s $500,000 gift will help fund needed maintenance to the historic building on Indiana Avenue. Center directors say the theater needs a new HVAC system, in addition to electrical wiring, lighting and sound equipment.

Browning ordered to testify over Duke Energy CEO’s ouster

Indianapolis real estate developer and Duke Energy Corp. director Michael Browning has been ordered to appear Friday before the North Carolina Utilities Commission, which is investigating the unexpected ouster of the utility’s new CEO just hours after the company merged with Progress Energy Inc.

IU Health makes prestigious Honor Roll list

For the first time, Indiana University Health has been named to U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Honor Roll," a distinction that goes to the top medical centers in the country.

Indiana crime labs catch up on DNA testing

The Indiana State Police crime laboratories increased their turnaround time on testing DNA evidence last year, even though far more samples were submitted, according to a report from the agency.

USDA official to visit Indiana farms amid drought

Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Undersecretary Michael Scuse will travel to Indiana on Wednesday and Thursday to tour drought-stricken farm fields in Allen and White counties in northern Indiana and Johnson County south of Indianapolis.

People

Seth Biggerstaff has joined Veritas Realty as a leasing and sales associate.

Residential

The average rate for 30-year mortgages fell from 3.87 percent to 3.79 percent for the week ended July 11, according to Bankrate.com. The rate for 15-year mortgages fell from 3.13 percent to 3.05 percent.

Leases/leasing contracts

-Goodwill Education Initiatives Inc. leased 22,198 square feet at 2855 N. Franklin Road. The landlord, Norry Management, was represented by Matt Langfeldt and Rich Forslund of Summit Realty Group. The tenant represented itself.

-Shepherd Insurance LLC leased 18,853 square feet at The Congressional, 116th Street and Pennsylvania Parkway, Carmel. The tenant was represented by John Crisp of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, Lauth Group Inc., represented itself.
 
-Granite City Food & Brewery leased 9,603 square feet in Circle Centre mall. The tenant was represented by Tom Niessink and Connie Niessink of Niessink Commercial Real Estate. The landlord, Circle Centre Mall LLC, was represented by Jamie Christmas of Simon Property Group.

-Meridian Design leased 6,579 square feet of office space at 355 Indiana Ave. The tenant was represented by Rich Forslund of Summit Realty Group. The landlord, McGowan Insurance Group, was represented by John Crisp and Spud Dick of Cassidy Turley.

-Hatchett & Hauck renewed its lease for 4,012 square feet at 111 Monument Circle. The tenant was represented by Matt Langfeldt and Rich Forslund of Summit Realty Group. The landlord, Beacon Capital Partners, was represented by John Robinson and Adam Broderick of Jones Lang LaSalle.

-Home Service Experts Inc., dba Mr. Rooter, leased 3,300 square feet at 7266 E. 86th St. The tenant was represented by Tyler Wilson of Summit Realty Group. The landlord, Mann Properties, was represented by Debbie Mann.

-Thoughtburst leased 3,263 square feet at The Congressional, 116th Street and Pennsylvania Parkway, Carmel. The tenant was represented by John Crisp of Cassidy Turley. The landlord, Lauth Group Inc., represented itself.

-Firehouse Subs leased 2,040 square feet at Castleton Shops, 5963 E. 82nd St.  The tenant was represented by Keith Stark of SITUS Realty Corp. The landlord, Castleton Shops LLC, was represented by Dean Almas of Sitehawk Retail Real Estate.

-MC Sales & Consulting leased 2,017 square feet of office space at Carmel Office Court, 301 E. Carmel Drive, No. A300, Carmel. The landlord, Carmel-301 LLC, was represented by Paul Dick and Kevin Dick of Colliers International.  The tenant represented itself.

-The Strategy Forums leased 1,672 square feet at The Congressional, 116th Street and Pennsylvania Parkway, Carmel. The tenant and landlord, Lauth Group Inc., were represented by Darrin Boyd and David Moore of Cassidy Turley.

-Yogo Land leased 1,300 square feet at 98A N. 10th St., Noblesville. The landlord, 98N10th LLC, was represented by J.W. Ernst of Charter Commercial Realty Group. The tenant represented itself.

-Paradise Personal Training leased 1,280 square feet of office space at Carmel Office Court, 301 E. Carmel Drive, No. E100, Carmel. The landlord, Carmel-301 LLC, was represented by Paul Dick and Kevin Dick of Colliers International. The tenant represented itself.

-Gammas Dream LLC leased 1,200 square feet of office space at Carmel Office Court, 301 E. Carmel Drive, No. A600, Carmel. The landlord, Carmel-301 LLC, was represented by Paul Dick and Kevin Dick of Colliers International. The tenant represented itself.

Sales/acquisitions

-Mac’s Convenience Stores LLC, dba Circle K, bought 1.11 acres at the northeast corner of County Line Road and Emerson Avenue. The price wasn’t disclosed. The buyer was represented by Don Silver of D.B. Silver. The seller, Claybrooke Holdings LLC, was represented by John Cunningham of Allen Commercial Group, an affiliate of Claybrooke Holdings LLC.

-PCW Properties One LLC bought a 1.32-acre outlot at Prairie Lakes Shopping Center, 14375 Mundy Drive, Noblesville. The price wasn’t disclosed. The seller, Backer Development LLC, was represented by Tracey Holtzman of Midland Atlantic. The buyer represented itself.

-Main Street Speedway LLC bought an 8,274-square-foot building at 1464 Main St., Speedway. The price wasn’t disclosed. The buyer was represented by Custom Real Estate Inc. The seller, M&J Limited Partnership, was represented by Bob Lindgren and Jim Karozos of Lee & Associates.

Area home-sale agreements show June increase

Home-sale agreements in the nine-county Indianapolis area were up nearly 5 percent in June compared to a year ago, the F.C. Tucker Co. announced Monday afternoon. Year-to-date sales contracts through the first six months are up 13.4 percent.

Reform may hit hospitals harder

The immediate reaction on Wall Street to last month’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding President Obama’s health care law was to buy hospital stocks and dump health insurance stocks. But at least one analyst expects the long-term outcome to be the exact opposite.

People

Beth Tharp will become CEO of Community Hospital Anderson later this year, replacing Dr. Bill VanNess, who is retiring after leading the hospital for 15 years. Tharp serves as vice president of patient care services and chief nursing officer at Community Anderson. She holds nursing degrees from Anderson College and Indiana Wesleyan University, as well as an MBA degree from Anderson University.

Franciscan St. Francis Health named Becky Merkel its administrative director of compliance and privacy to oversee the hospital’s computer incident reporting systems and upgrades and ensure compliance with all laws, regulations and hospital policies. Merkel most recently held a similar position at Bluffton Regional Medical Center near Fort Wayne. She holds a bachelor’s degree in health information management from the Indiana University School of Informatics. Merkel succeeds Douglas Gioe, who recently retired from Franciscan St. Francis.

Corey Baute has been appointed chief human resources executive for Franciscan St. Francis Health, succeeding Karen Sagar. Baute most recently was chief of human resources for the Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center and before that led recruiting and staffing at Indiana University Health. Baute, an Army veteran, holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a master’s in management from Oakland City University.

Company news

Indiana University has received the go-ahead to begin the accreditation process for new schools of public health proposed for its Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, according to the Associated Press. University officials said the step by the independent Council on Education for Public Health kicks off an expected two-year process to create schools of public health on IU's two largest campuses.  The school on the Bloomington campus will focus on rural communities. The Indianapolis school will focus on urban health and health policy, as well as on collaborative work with the IU School of Medicine.

An antipsychotic drug that Eli Lilly and Co. hoped would be an improved replacement for Zyprexa failed in a late-stage study that compared patients taking the drug to those taking a placebo. The drug, known as pomaglumetad methionil, or mGlu 2/3, showed no difference versus a placebo. A control group of patients taking another drug, risperidone, which goes by the brand name Risperdal, did show a difference. Despite the failure, Lilly said it would continue to conduct two other clinical trials of the drug. Lilly is studying pomaglumetad methionil to see whether it can work as an antipsychotic without side effects like weight gain that come with current treatments. Zyprexa, which reached peak annual sales of $5 billion, lost its U.S. and European patent protection last fall.

A chain of dental offices that abruptly closed multiple Indiana locations in December 2010 left patients without care, refunds or records, according to a complaint filed by the Office of the Indiana Attorney General. Attorney General Greg Zoeller has filed a complaint against Allcare Dental & Dentures, which closed offices in Anderson, Avon, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Mishawaka and Muncie. The complaint alleges multiple licensing violations against company President Robert Bates. The complaint says Allcare failed to reimburse patients who paid upfront for services that weren’t completed; failed to complete dental procedures in progress; didn’t provide dentures that were fabricated; and locked dentists out of their offices, rendering them unable to notify patients or transfer patient records as the law requires. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio and West Virginia also have taken actions against Bates’ dental licenses for similar violations. Bates has settled or been party to consent agreements with licensing boards of each of those states, according to the AG’s complaint. The Indiana State Board of Dentistry is scheduled to conduct a hearing on the complaint Oct. 5.

After six months of denying coverage for a $350 genetic test for each of three Indiana children, Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. reversed itself and will now pay for the tests, according to Bloomberg News. The father of the three children, Matthew Christman, has an inherited heart disease that often strikes without warning. Since December, WellPoint’s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield unit had denied paying for the test, saying it was “experimental” and “not medically necessary,” according to Bloomberg. The test is made by New Jersey-based Bio-Reference Labs Inc.
 

RV company planning Indiana factory expansions

A recreational vehicle maker is planning factory expansions in northern Indiana that could add more than 400 jobs in a county that was badly battered by that industry's collapse during the recession.

Mother arrested on neglect charge

An Indianapolis mother was arrested Sunday on a preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent after her unsupervised son almost drowned in a Lawrence swimming pool. According to police, Vonda Goodman, 28, left her 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son at the pool at Hunt Club Apartments in the 5400 block of Calder Way on Sunday afternoon. No lifeguard was on duty. Police say the boy had to be rescued from the deep end of the pool by another swimmer. The boy, his sister and two other siblings were placed in foster care.